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Garden talk: Springfield, South Hadley garden experts share tips
By Dawn C hipman
Special to The Republican
This is the first in a three-part gardening series featuring master gardeners and other experienced plant people in Western Massachusetts. Each month this summer, you’ll meet different experts, learn about their gardening lives and get advice on everything from pest control to haircuts for lavender. A big part of gardening is community — people sharing tricks, trowels, plants and a general love of gardening — and these stories are an extension of that ethos.
In this month’s column, our greenery gurus have both vegetable and flower growing tips. For starters, check out suggestions from four master gardeners who manage the Full Circle Food Pantry Garden in South Hadley. If flowers are your focus, read tips for starting a pollinator garden (big or small, in the ground or in a container) from master gardener Beate Bolen who cares for plantings in Springfield’s Forest Park. She’ll explain how easy it is to join her and many others in our region in the national effort to create pollinator pathways.
Full Circle Food Pantry Garden, South Hadley Meet the four co-managers of the Full Circle Food Pantry Garden:
• Elizabeth Carmichael, master gardener. She manages the harvests and deliveries to the Food Pantry and designs the hardscapes in the garden.
• Margery Gerard, master gardener. Her duties include garden planning, including companion planting, succession planting, crop rotation, timing of planting and coordination of daily work activity.
• JoAnne Palmer, master gardener. She specializes in soil testing and pest management.
• Sue Kelsey, master gardener. Sue specializes in soil testing, organizes composting and cover cropping at the garden.
Q. What exactly is the Full Circle Food Pantry Garden?
Group answer: The Full Circle Garden, a project of the
Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association, was started in 2011 by a community member working in coordination with the opening of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Pantry in South Hadley/ Granby.
The mission is to provide fresh, high quality, organically grown vegetables to feed pantry clients.
Q. What’s happening in the Full Circle Garden this month?
Group answer: In mid-June, we are harvesting cool weather crops such as spinach, garlic scapes, pak choi, peas, baby turnips, lettuce, radish, celery and perennial herbs. We’re planting green beans, squash, cucumbers and eggplant in their place. We’re also monitoring for insect pests, including aphids, flea beetles, cucumber beetles, squash bugs, squash borers, slugs, and taking action
such as covering cabbage, eggplant and squash with insect barriers to exclude pests. We’re also removing suckers on tomatoes and monitoring them for disease, especially tomato blights that can decimate plants quickly.
Q. What are your gardening tips for readers?
Elizabeth Carmichael: For tomatoes, plant in uncompacted soil, and not too closely. Twining and trellising of plants allows for space and air circulation between plants and leads to better plant health. Don’t plant them too early. Make sure soil temperature is at least 70 degrees. We use a soil thermometer which is not expensive and can be found at a garden store. Tomatoes take 70-80 days to mature so best to get them in once the soil is warm enough and nights are above 50 degrees.
Margery Gerard: Mulch plants with good clean straw to prevent disease spores from splashing up from the soil onto the plants, to suppress weeds and to retain moisture. We use chopped heated straw. It has no seeds in it and is easy to spread. Sanitize your garden regularly by removing weeds and dead or diseased plant parts to reduce disease and insect infestation.
JoAnne Palmer: Monitor plants every few days for diseases and insect pests. We recommend the book “Good Bug, Bad Bug” by Jessica Walliser for help in identifying different stages of pests and recommendations for organic treatments. You can still have a vegetable garden even though you don’t have lots of space by growing plants in pots. Look for seeds specifically to grow plants in containers.
Sue Kelsey: The summer months are a great time to start composting. Layer your
compost with approximately 4-6 inches of brown (carbon) matter — dead leaves, stems, straw, wood chips, paper scraps, 2 inches of green (nitrogen) matter — kitchen waste, garden and lawn clippings, and 1 inch of soil.
Mix your layers together and water the pile so it feels like a wet sponge.
With climate change, be aware that we have more extreme weather now.
Pay attention to weather and be flexible to make changes in the garden. You may need to
change your planting schedule or watering schedule due to temperature fluctuations (we planted later this year due to the cool, rainy May) and the reality that rain now comes in big rainstorms rather that full days of gentle rain.
Don’t site your garden in a place where water can accumulate during a large rainstorm.
We use a simple, inexpensive water meter to check the moisture in the soil at the root level, so we don’t under or over-water.
A master gardener works with crops at the Full Circle Garden Pantry in South Hadley.
Cover photo: Beate Bolen, chair of the conservation committee at Springfield Garden Club, works on the pollinator garden at Dr. Seuss’ boyhood home on Fairfield Street in Springfield on June 6. (LEON NGUYEN PHOTO)
Lee Reich | In the Garden
The long-term benefits of branch bending
I’VE BEEN PLAYING around with the orientation of some of my trees’ branches to influence how they grow. Branches pointed skyward generally are inherently vigorous, giving rise to long shoots, especially from their topmost buds. At the other extreme are branches oriented horizontally. They’re generally weak-growing and tend to produce fruit buds rather than vigorous shoots and leaves. The cool thing is that if you or I change branch orientation, it changes the growth and fruiting habit of that branch.
Bending and tying branches is a good way to balance shoot growth and fruiting, especially of apple and pear trees. Both types of growth are needed. The fruits for us to eat, and the shoots to “feed”
GARDEN NOTES
the fruit and to provide places on which to hang the fruits. Shoot growth is also needed to periodically replace old wood.
Branch bending to regulate growth and fruiting is especially evident with an espalier, which is a tree grown in an orderly, usually two-dimensional form. Lurking behind the many forms, fanciful and otherwise, for espaliers is an appreciation for their effects on growth and fruiting.
Backyard apple and pear trees commonly put too much of their energy into shoot growth, a problem that can be exacerbated by overly enthusiastic pruning and over-fertilization. One way to coax an overly vigorous tree into bearing is by pulling upright branches downward and affixing them in that direction. This may seem
WESTFIELD Bird walk at Stanley Park
An accessible bird walk in the gardens will be held today, June 15, at Stanley Park, from 9 to 11 a.m. This bird walk is designed for people who love to watch birds but need an accessible path to walk on or roll their wheelchairs.
Martha Kane will lead the group through accessible trails in the park gardens to look for birds. The workshop will meet at the restrooms near the Woodland Wildflower Garden (park in big parking area near the Carillon Tower). Bring binoculars if you have them. Nature workshops are free of charge.
STOCKBRIDGE
Upcoming program at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program. Saturday, June 21, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., “Rhubarb and Strawberry Cooking Class.” This classic sweet-tart fruit pairing is one of the joys of late spring and early summer. The Berkshires has a perfect climate for rhubarb and produces superb, deeply flavored strawberries.
In this demo class Chef Miriam Rubin will simmer up an easy strawberry refrigerator jam (no pectin needed), a luscious rhubarb-strawberry galette with a mixed grain crust and a sparkling salad of strawberries in pomegranate molasses. Cost is $90 for members, $110 for nonmembers. To register or for more information, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 W. Stockbridge Road.
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like an unnatural way to treat a plant, but it does help a tree to get started fruiting. Once fruiting begins, the weight of the fruit will keep branches down.
Sometimes fruit pulls a branch down so much that it’s too fruitful and needs invigoration. Asian pears are
prone to bearing too heavily too early in their life, especially if grafted on dwarfing rootstocks; the result is a stunted tree.
The cure is to drastically cut drooping branches back to more upward growing — and, hence, vigorous — side shoots. Or to stake branches into
more upright positions. Bending down branches spreads them, which, along with correct pruning, also lets all branches bathe in sunlight. With many upright growing branches, the interior of a tree becomes too shaded to produce fruit buds or even leaves.
Experts
Q. What’s something about your garden that might surprise readers?
Group answer: Gradually, through incremental changes, we’ve increased our yield of vegetables to over 3,000 pounds in 2024.
We grew 23 different kinds of vegetables that were selected after feedback from the pantry manager. Almost 2,000 volunteer hours were spent by 31 individuals working in the garden.
We also grow and send flower bouquets to brighten the day for some of the clients.
To learn more about master gardeners and the Full Circle Food Pantry Garden, visit the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association at www. wmmga.org
Beate Bolen: Springfield Conservation Committee
Meet Beate Bolen, a master gardener and co-chair of the Springfield Garden Club Conservation Committee, whose members plan and care for rock and pollinator gardens in Forest Park. Beate also designed, installed and helps maintain — with the help of her dedicated Conservation Committee team — the gardens around Dr. Seuss’ (Theodore Seuss Geisel) childhood home in Springfield. Both the rock and Dr. Seuss gardens have received statewide civic garden projects and awards.
Q. Why do you garden?
Bolen: I love the process, and the results. And I feel it is my small way to repair the world. I believe in thinking globally, acting locally. The civic projects are a concrete way to make the world more beautiful, and particularly with our emphasis on planting native plants that are pollinator friendly, to help restore an environment that encourages and nourishes our native pollinators.
Q. Could you share a little about your personal garden?
Bolen: My own garden is primarily a perennial garden, with a goal of having something blooming 10 months of the year. I like to plant once and enjoy for many years, though I will also add the instant gratification of summer annuals. I
have introduced, where I can, native plants in an effort to add to pollinator pathways — public and private pesticide-free corridors of native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinators including birds, bees, beetles, moths, flies, moths and bats.
Q. How can readers be part of a pollinator pathway?
Bolen: Dedicate a small space (or large if you have space and resources) to create a pollinator friendly spot. Even the smallest green spaces, like flower boxes
and curb strips, can be part of a pathway. The goal is to, one by one, create a city, county and statewide corridor of native plants to bring back our native pollinators. Chose native plants, avoid pesticides, and watch the butterflies and bees find those special spots.
The reason we encourage native plants is that they thrive in our climate and setting. They evolved here, along with our native pollinators. By reintroducing them, you’ll attract those pollinators.
Branches that are spread at an early age make wide angles with the trunk. That wide angle attachment becomes a strong juncture, one that will not break when eventually weighted down with fruit, as often occurs with branches having narrow crotch angles. On very young trees which are still forming their main branches around the trunk, I start spreading the new shoots when they are just a few inches long.
After bending a shoot carefully so as not to break it, I hold it in that position
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by snapping a spring-type clothespin on the trunk with the tail of the clothespin hold-
ing the shoot down. Another way to hold this wide angle is to press one end of a toothpick
into the shoot and the other into the trunk, just enough to keep the toothpick in place.
For older branches, I use either a stiff wire or a length of wood with a brad driven in each end. (I’ve previously removed the brad’s head and sharpened what remains.)
Tying a string around a branch, and then to a weight on the ground or to the tree’s trunk is another way to pull a branch down. Or you can affix a weight right to the branch. For instance, glue a clothespin to a rock, then clip it to the branch.
After a few weeks, the ties or weights or clothespins can be removed. The branches will stay in place.
Ideally, reorienting the branches of apple and pear trees achieves a favorable balance between shoots and fruits. To this end, strive for about a 60-degree angle to the trunk. I try to keep the branch straight as it is oriented to this angle. If the branch has a bow in it when pulled down, overly vigorous shoots are apt to grow from buds at the topmost part of the bow. Don’t expect immediate payback for all this care and effort. A year or more might elapse before an apple or a pear tree forms fruit buds, and fruit buds form fruit buds the season prior to actual fruit production. It’s worth the effort in the long term.
This espalier-trained pear’s branches are so fully clothed in flowers because, in part, of the forced, horizontal orientation of the branches. (LEE
The team of gardeners at Full Circle Garden Pantry in South Hadley stand with the June 2024 harvest.
Beate Bolen at Dr. Seuss’ boyhood home in Springfield. (LEON NGUYEN PHOTO)
Want to grow your own rice?
A step-by-step guide for adventurous gardeners
By Jessica Damiano Associated Press
MANY OF US think of rice as a plant that grows in flooded fields, and that’s because the kind of rice we’re most familiar with — the long-grain, wetland variety called lowland rice — can be considered semi-aquatic, although it’s technically a grass.
Lowland rice would be challenging to grow in a home garden, but another,
less common variety can be cultivated more easily in typical backyard conditions.
Duborskian rice, a Russian short-grained dryland, or “upland” rice, is a highly ornamental plant that can even be grown in containers, where its 2-foot-tall green and gold panicles will lend height and beauty to the center or rear of mixed planters.
But if grown as a crop, cultivating rice from your
Taking care of your rice plants
Select a sunny spot and enrich the soil with a generous amount of compost before planting.
Since the rice requires a high level of nutrients, fertilize every two weeks with a balanced, all-purpose fertilizer.
until the grains fall off into the wheelbarrow. If this sounds too complicated, you can achieve the same results by beating the tied bunch of stalks onto a clean sheet that you’ve laid on the ground.
plants can be a fun activity for adventurous gardeners.
Start by making space
When determining how many plants to grow, consider that it takes approximately 10 plants to produce 1 pound of rice. Since each plant occupies only 1 foot of garden space, a 10-by10-foot plot will hold 100 plants, which will yield roughly 6 to 10 pounds of rice in a season.
In the absence of purchased starter plants, seeds are best sown directly into the garden in May or June in frost-free zones. Elsewhere, they should be started indoors four weeks before the danger of frost has passed. Expect seeds to germinate in five to seven days.
A 24-hour water soak before sowing will hasten germination. Indoor starts are best aided by a heat mat. Four-week-old seedlings should be transplanted outdoors at the same time it’s considered safe to plant tomatoes, peppers and eggplants in your region.
Space plants 1 foot apart to ensure adequate circulation between them, as they will need to be pollinated by wind. You might also surround plants with netting to protect them from birds. Keep the surrounding soil free of weeds throughout the growing season.
Separating the rice from the chaff, and other steps
Your rice will be ready to harvest in about 105 days. You’ll know it’s ready when the seed heads appear dry but haven’t yet dropped their seeds. At that point, cut plants down to ground level and hang the stalks up for a few days to dry further. But that’s not the end of it. Rice will have to be removed from its stalks, and each grain’s tough outer shell, called a hull, will need to be removed. On commercial farms, they have equipment to do this, but since you’re growing rice at home, you will have to do it manually. Tie the cut ends of the dried stalks together, then place a screen (an old window screen will do) over a wheelbarrow. Rub the seed heads against the screen
Once the grains have been separated from their stalks, scoop them up and remove the hulls in batches using a mortar and pestle (put the kids to work!) If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, you can hit them with a rubber mallet, but it’s a delicate balance to remove the hulls without crushing the rice. The next step is to separate the proverbial rice from the chaff (the hulls). The easiest way to accomplish this is to use a fan to blow the lightas-air hulls away. You can’t eat the hulls, but they can be added to compost piles or used as mulch.
If you’d like to save rice for replanting next year, put some aside before removing the hulls; they’ll need to be intact for the seeds to germinate.
To enjoy the fruits of your labor, cook the grains as you would any rice and enjoy it in sweet or savory recipes. It’ll be good, but not likely as good as the story you’ll be able to tell about that time you grew your own rice.
Jessica Damiano writes weekly gardening columns for the AP and publishes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter. You can sign up here for weekly gardening tips and advice.
At left, the rice-bearing panicles of a Duborskian rice plant. Above, A sample of harvested Duborskian rice. (PHOTOS BY BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEED CO./RARE SEEDS.COM VIA AP)
Linda Cockburn holds a Duborskian rice plant seed head in Southern Tasmania, Australia on April 1, 2023. (LINDA COCKBURN VIA AP)
Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting
Dresser set for Victorian gentlemen
FATHER’S DAY IS A TIME to treat Dad to the finer things in life. What could be finer than accessories for a Victorian gentleman? Maybe the box that holds them. This Victorian gentlemen’s traveling dresser set, which sold for $243 at an auction by Rachel Davis Fine Arts, includes nine bottles and jars to hold the various lotions, colognes, pomades, hair oils, and other personal products that a well-to-do man of the late 19th century couldn’t possibly do without.
If you have seen photographs of Victorian gentlemen with their slick hairstyles, sculpted mustaches, and well-maintained whiskers, it’s easy to see the importance of personal grooming at the time — and to estimate how much work, and how many products, went into it. The Victorians even invented household items to accommodate gentlemen’s hair products.
The antimacassar, a small, usually lacy, piece of cloth draped over the back of a chair, protected furniture from hair oil. Mustache cups had a small ridge to keep a well-groomed, probably waxed, mustache safe from damage while the gentleman drank a cup of hot tea. (Mustache cups, as Kovels founder Terry Kovel discovered as a child, are also an excellent gateway into the world of antiques.) And, of course, the containers that held these products, and the boxes that held the containers, did not escape the Victorian love of decoration.
Many of the glass jars in this traveling set have silver plate lids, a favorite Victorian material. The box itself also reflects the taste of the time. It is rosewood, one of the favored woods of the period, with a mother-of-pearl escutcheon. The blue velvet lining trimmed with gold thread provides further luxury. It even has a few secrets: The lining of the lid folds down to reveal a mirror, and a hidden drawer pulls out of one side.
Q. I have a cast-iron urn that is a replica of a bronze urn in the garden at the Palace of Versailles. My grandfather was an author and educator and also sold life insurance door-to-door in a wealthy area of South Minneapolis, Minnesota. He came across a laborer who dumped the
and Rococo. Replicas of Versailles urns and designs inspired by them were popular. Today, they are worth about $500 to $1,500, depending on condition. If you are planning to sell yours, their provenance will add to their value if sold locally.
Q. What is the value of my Victrola VV-210 by the Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, NJ? It has a serial number V2887 and is in a low wooden cabinet with two front doors.
A.The Victor Talking Machine Company was founded in Camden, New Jersey, in 1901. They introduced the Victor-Victrola, the first phonograph with the horn concealed inside the cabinet, in 1906 and created a more affordable line in 1910. The VV-210 was made from 1922 to 1925.
CURRENT PRICES
Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.
Toy, car, Hot Wheels, RollsRoyce, Silver Shadow, hood lifts, redline tires, Mattel, 1969, $35. Advertising, sign, 20 Mule Team Borax, Borax is King, child holding box and mule, Borax Bill Jr., Ask Dealer For Booklet, tin, self frame, 35 x 24 inches, $70.
Popeye, boat, cloth sail, blue graphic, Popeye with spyglass, wood hull, keel, rudder, 24 x 20 inches, $85.
Furniture, table, coaching, Thornton & Herne, mixed wood, round top, hinged, X-shape base, turned supports, stretchers, folding, label, London, late 1800s, 26 x 41 inches open, $140.
cast-iron urn on the boulevard. Grandfather asked him what was going to happen to it and was told, “It’s going to the dump, I guess.” Grandfather then asked to use a phone in the home, called a taxi, had the driver put the urn (200-plus pounds) in the trunk, and had him drive him home. The urn resided at his home for several years until his wife passed away, at which time it was moved to mine. I would appreciate getting an estimate of its current value.
A. That was good thinking on your grandfather’s part! Salvaging items other people throw away can be a surprisingly effective way to get valuable antiques. The gardens at Versailles have many famous bronze urns decorated with elaborate reliefs of mythological figures and figural handles in the shape of cherubs or animal masks. They include originals designed by artist Claude Ballin, made in the 1600s, and a set of replicas cast by Christophe-Francois Calla in 1852.
Cast-iron furniture was made in 1823 and became fashionable after the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition. Garden furnishings, including urns, were especially popular in the late 19th to early 20th century. Casting iron allowed for fairly inexpensive mass-produced replicas of earlier elaborate styles, including Gothic
At the time, phonographs were losing popularity to radios, so Victor created the VV-210 as an inexpensive machine with a fashionable cabinet to entice customers. It was extremely popular; the company produced an estimated 212,000 units. Some made near the end of the run have an “E” at the beginning of the serial number, for “electric,” or an “S,” which identified a radio-compatible version, in an attempt to keep up with emerging technology.
Today, the VV-210 is worth about $50 to $250, depending on condition. Cabinets with walnut or custom-painted finishes sell for higher prices.
Mahogany and oak finishes are common. A collector’s club like the Antique Phonograph Society antiquephono.org may have more information.
TIP: To clean a veneered box or one made of porcupine quills or matchsticks, use a vacuum cleaner hose covered with a nylon stocking.
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Lamp, whale oil, glass font, drop burner, cone base, weighted, saucer bobeche, strap handle, 1800s, 10 inches, $185.
Majolica, asparagus server, molded and painted asparagus stems, painted flowers, scrolled feet, underplate, shaped rim, Longchamp, France, early 1900s, server 5 x 9 1/2 inches, plate 14 1/2 x 11 inches, $460.
Blenko, sculpture, fish, stylized, green crackle glass, open mouth, applied clear fins and tail, c. 1970, 17 inches, pair, $545.
Thermometer, Dad’s Root Beer, bottle cap graphic, blue and yellow, Just Right, Tastes Like Root Beer Should, embossed, self frame, tin, 27 x 7 inches, $570. Coverlet, summer and winter, blue and white, rows of stylized flowers, birds on borders, corner medallions, dated, New Jersey, 1835, 90 x 42 inches, $685.
Wood carving, garniture set, Black Forest, clock, deer finial, standing, fawn, lying down, leaf and berry clusters, two candlesticks, tree trunk shape, leaping deer, rocky base, clock 27 1/2 inches, three pieces, $1,845.
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Wealthy Victorians loved their luxuries. A traveling dresser set like this kept a gentleman sure of his status wherever he went. (RACHEL DAVIS FINE ARTS)
Average long-term US mortgage rate ticks down to 6.84%
Rate declines for 2nd straight week
By M att O tt Associated Press
The average rate on a 30year U.S. mortgage fell modestly for the second straight week, but home borrowing costs remain elevated.
The long-term rate inched back to 6.84% from 6.85% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.95%.
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation. The key barometer is the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.
The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.38% at midday Thursday, down from 4.58% just a few weeks ago.
Bond yields have retreated in recent weeks but broadly have been trending higher since hitting 2025 lows in early April, reflecting investors’ uncertainty over the Trump administration’s ever-changing tariffs policy and worry over exploding federal government debt.
The average rate on a 30year mortgage has remained relatively close to its high so far this year of just above 7%, set in mid-January. The 30-year rate’s low point this year was in early April when it briefly dipped to 6.62%.
High mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers and reduce their purchasing power. That’s helped keep the U.S. housing market in a sales slump that dates back to 2022, when mortgage rates began
Deeds
AGAWAM
716 Spring Valley LLC, to B & B Realty LLC, 51-53 Orlando St., $481,000.
Christopher L. Scavotto to Cengiz Yildiz, 208-210 Walnut St., $465,000.
to climb from the rock-bottom lows they reached during the pandemic.
Last year, sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank to their lowest level in nearly 30 years. Sales fell last month to the slowest pace for the month of April going back to 2009.
Rising mortgage rates have helped dampen sales during what’s traditionally the peak period of the year for home sales. However, last week mortgage applications rose for the first time in four weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage applications jumped 13% from the previous week as rising inventory lured more buyers, the group said. Applications are up 20% from a year earlier.
Other recent data suggests sales could continue to slow in the coming months.
An index of pending U.S. home sales fell 6.3% in April from March and declined 2.5% from April last year, the National Association of Realtors reported two weeks ago.
There’s usually a month or two lag between a contract signing and when the sale is finalized, which makes pending home sales a bellwether for future completed home sales.
Economists expect mortgage rates to remain relatively stable in the coming months, with forecasts calling for the average rate on a 30-year mortgage to remain in a range between 6% and 7% this year.
Borrowing costs on 15year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, declined to 5.97% from 5.99% last week. The average a year ago was 6.17%, Freddie Mac said.
Cory M. Caride to Kiana Marrero and Hector Marrero, 52 Alhambra Circle N, $300,000.
Debra L. Stmarie and Debra L. Germain to Larkspur LLC, 304-306 Cooper St., $150,000.
Dolores Flavin, estate, and Norma Joniec, representative, to Christopher L. Scavotto, 89 Reed St., $385,000.
Feeding Hills Properties LLC, to Ki Nam Peter Kim and Ae Kyong Kim, 245 Regency Park Drive, Unit 245, $173,000.
Haskell Holdings LLC, to Alicia A. Alexion, 158-160 Walnut St., $485,000.
Jeffrey S. Pirro to Richard Dietter and Jamie Dietter, 8 Woodcock Court, $333,000.
Lynne Ann Romansky and Lynne A. Romansky to Paul R. Gauthier and Shavone L. Gauthier, 429 North Westfield St., $250,000.
NRES LLC, to John S. Poirier, 36 Central St., $360,000.
SS ASRO Holdings LLC, to Viktor Stuzhuk, 144 Shoemaker Lane, $400,000.
AMHERST
Kayvon Ross and Cyrus Safizadeh to Kayvon Ross, trustee, Cyrus Safizadeh, trustee, and DSA Realty Trust, 251-253 Pelham Road, $100.
Amy A. Brodigan and Elizabeth R. Welsh to Elsbeth Neil and Richard Davies, 171 Aubinwood Road, $670,900.
Bach Van Do, Do Bach Van and Hong Thi Pham to Ethan M. Thomas and Courtney Lynn Fields-Thomas, 204 Glendale Road, $464,888.
Jennifer E. Kramer to Suzanne Becker, 56 Memorial Drive, $490,000.
Lei Xing and Run Jian to Katherine M. Russell, 35 Autumn Lane, $350,000.
Geoffrey Kravitz and Amy Kravitz to Mahmoud Yasser Esmail and Miranda Chan, 25 Bellview Circle, $792,000.
Martha Blakey Smith, trustee, and SBD Family Revocable Trust to James L. Beadle, 1047 North Pleasant St., $454,000.
BELCHERTOWN
Wesley J. Nowak, Ann Nowak and Anna Nowak to Anna Nowak, trustee, Wesley J. Nowak, trustee, and Anna Nowak Revocable Trust, 34
Old Sawmill Road, $100.
Joyce B. Dupont and Ryan A. Dupont to Ryan A. Dupont, 140 North Washington St., $100.
Glenna Y. Young to David Wayne Wilkins and Suzanne M. Wilkins, 203 South St., $575,000.
Michelle Snow, personal representative, Michelle Snow, trustee, William C. Zobka Jr., estate, and Carli J. Zobka & Tori Lee Zobka Testamentary Trust to Brandon Korytko and Anjelina Korytko, 277 Ware Road, $265,000.
Daniel F. Correia to Jordan A. Goulas, 160 North St., $280,000.
BERNARDSTON
A Plus Enterprises Inc., to Laurie A. Scarbrough and Mark A. Scarbrough, 81 Hoe Shop Road, “fka” 81, 77 and 0 Hoeshop Road, $501,000.
BRIMFIELD
Michael H. MacFadden and Donna A. MacFadden to Ryan Fabrycki and Jennifer Fabrycki, 109 East Hill Road, $526,400.
BUCKLAND
Michael R. Duffey to Kevin Dee, 16 Bray Road, $328,000.
CHESTERFIELD
Michael J. Pancione, trustee, and New Union Trust to Emmett Blais, 65 East St., $255,000.
CHICOPEE
Charlene M. Audette to Madison Gage, 119 Colonial Circle, Unit B, $170,000.
Dominic Santaniello, trustee, Lucas Giusto, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, trustee of, to Equity Trust Co., custodian, Robert Lareau IRA and Robert Lareau, 91 Norman St., $250,000.
Frances M. Clark to Frances M. Clark, trustee, and Frances M. Clark Trust, trustee of, 93 Fairway Drive, $100.
Gloria M. Collins to AEM Property Investment LLC, 32 Debra Drive, $211,113.
Helene C. Sears, Michael J. Sears, Christine M. Kiely, Kenneth A. Sears and Elizabeth A. Liptrap to Geoffrey Hulse and Kelsey Kreminec, 39 Polaski Ave., $300,000.
Jean DeForge and Jean Sicard to Vantage Home Buyers LLC, 151 Partridge Lane, $155,000.
Kimberly R. Keesee to Miguel Rodriguez, 185 Fletcher Circle, $405,000.
LB-Ranch Properties V LLC, to Haron Properties LLC, 81 McCarthy Ave., $181,300.
Mark A. Minkos, estate, and Steph-
anie M. Minkos, representative, to Paul F. Davis, 52 Boulay Circle, $295,000.
CUMMINGTON
Ryan C. Whitten to Matthew Campbell, 541 Berkshire Trail, $200,000.
DEERFIELD
Scott Kolakoski, personal representative of the Estate of Thomas E. Kolakoski, to Fern C. Kolakoski and Gary Walter Kolakoski, 141 North Hillside Road, $275,000.
Turkey Plains, Inc. to Howie Realty LLC. 6 North Street. $900,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW
Alohomora LLC, to Post Game Realty LLC, 264 North Main St., Unit 12, $95,413.
Dominick Pellegrino and Nicole A. Pellegrino, to Seralind Chilson and Vito Gramarossa, 150 Mapleshade Ave., $375,000.
John W. Stevens to Stephanie Mailman and Jonathan Torres, 316 Somers Road, $226,000.
Matthew L. Streeter to Rachelle Kiley, 277 Dwight Road, $285,000.
Michael D. Wiggins, Miriam K. Wiggins and Miriam Haughton-Wiggins to Cara M. Raccis and David A. Raccis, Nottingham Drive, Lot 36, $792,000.
EASTHAMPTON
EDS Enterprises LLC, to Joan M. Welch and Robert W. Haniwalt Jr., 8 Carol Ave., $650,000.
Steven N. LaValley, trustee, Alicia C. LaValley, trustee, and LaValley Revocable Trust to Niels Agger-Gupta and Dorothy Agger-Gupta, 31 West St., $711,000.
Patricia G. Dostie-Carbin, trustee, Patricia G. Dostie-Hounshell, trustee, John F. Carbin, trustee, and Patricia G. Dostie-Hounshell Declaration of Trust to Jonathan DiBrindisi, 227 East St., $164,800.
Barbara Graves and Edythe Ambroz to Susan G. Albino, 2 Lukes Way, $540,000.
Pineview Development LLC, and West Co Investments LLC, to John P. Harak and Patricia A. Harak, 15 Nichols Way, $599,900.
Diana Kathryn Rogers and Diana R. Spurgin to Daniel H. Adler and Samantha M. Adler, 54 Ward Ave., $410,000.
GOSHEN
Steven J. Barrus and John A. Shaw, power-of-attorney, to John A. Shaw, trustee, and Steven J. Barrus Revocable Trust, 8 Stone Road, $100.
Deeds
GRANBY
Andrea C. Couture-Soja, Steven Soja, Michael J. Couture, Claire R. Couture and Michael J. Couture, power-of-attorney, to Douglas Edward Masiuk and Glen S. Masiuk, 10 Smith Ave., $280,000.
GREENFIELD
Andrew R. Cannon and Gillian B. Cannon to Nicholas Thompson, 20 MacLellan Lane, $387,000.
Patricia M. Heminger, trustee of the Heminger Investment Trust, to DSK Real Estate LLC, 43 Grove St., $265,000.
Elyse Merrill and Patrick K. Merrill to Christopher Conan Purvis and Ana Clare Selter, 8 Laurel St., $335,900.
Veteran Stan LLC, to Abigail LaValley and Daniel LaValley, 15 Knapp Ave., $450,000.
Joanne M. Graves to Justin Birdsong and Andrew J. Coughlin, 65 Lovers Lane, $416,000.
Behnaz Montaser Kohsari to Thomas Balsamo and Shannon Lillian Shainwald, 14 Solon St., $245,000.
HADLEY
Robert J. Gordon to Tan-Tan Associates LLC, 91 Cemetery Road, $600,000.
HAMPDEN
Jason Broom to Rose Bennett and David Condon, 128 Thresher Road, $400,000.
Peter Kochanowski to Chenevert Properties LLC, 5 Bennett Road, $600,000.
HATFIELD
William R. Childs and Donna Childs to Jhon Giraldo and Ana Correa, 132 Elm St., $375,000.
HOLLAND
Chad R. Graves and Jennifer L. Graves to Olga Yeliseyeva, 54 Mashapaug Road, $215,000.
Paul Huijing, trustee, Christine Huijing, trustee, and Paul & Christine Huijing Joint Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Wayne J. Yee and Jamie D. Yates-Yee, 22 Old Acres Road, $775,000.
HOLYOKE
Caadstone II LLC, to Hazardville Realty Group LLC, 354 Hampden St., $960,000.
Carol D. Gallup, representative, Brian S. Gallup, estate, and Wendy I. Hocog to Justin Sanchez, 208-210 Sargeant St., $180,800.
Charles C. Paulson Jr., to Veteran Stan LLC, 397 Apremont Highway, $185,000.
Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Alecto Realty Trust, trustee of, to Areid Estate LLC, 192 Chestnut St., $122,500.
Kathleen M. Tessier to Marolis Acosta Cruz, 49 View St., $165,000.
Savannah Fox, Sydney Alison Fox, Alex Fox, Ashley F. Briggs, Kyle Fox, Loren Fox, estate, and Loren Bennet Fox, estate, to Edward M. Fox, 30 Pleasant St., $191,156.
Stephen C. Lang and Beth E. Lang to David Zellmer and Nhut Nguyen, 32 Mayer Drive, $440,000.
Thomas R. Kuczynski, trustee, Pamela L. Kuczynski, trustee, and Kuczynski Revocable Living Trust, trustee of, to Birdie Properties LLC, 1801 Northampton St., $470,000.
Wade Lee to Consulting Management Team LLC, 671-677 High St., $484,000.
HUNTINGTON
Richard A. Bartlett Jr., and Pamela M. Bartlett to Donald J. Dugas Jr., and Grace M. Dugas, 12 Bromley Road, $139,971.
Brian Forrestall to Hannah F. Powers, 191 Goss Hill Road, $103,000.
Mary Senatore, personal representative, and Matthew E. Donovan, estate, to Kelvin Mast, 81 Worthington Road, $250,000.
Jeffrey A. Keeney, Shelley L. Keeney and Shelly L. Keeney to Colin Hom, Kimball Road, $100,000.
LONGMEADOW
James E. Kelleher Jr., and Michelle P. Kelleher to Erik P. Bedding and Magda F. Fidalgo, 26 Westmoreland Ave., $553,000.
Jeffrey Hulbert to Charles Monfett and April Monfett, 236 Burbank Road, $457,000.
Lindsey Sullivan, trustee, and Stephen & Linda Squire Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Nimako Agyapong and Evelyn
Osei Bonsu, 108 Avondale Road, $450,000.
LUDLOW
Bethany Assembly of God to Palpum Raw LLC, 16 Swan Ave., $80,000. Eastwill Realty Services Inc., to Dennis McCarthy and Deborah McCarthy, 148 Chapin St., $220,000.
Joaquin Martins and Ana Martins to Mark Quiterio and Kristin Quiterio, 117 Erin Lane, $485,000.
Sareen Properties LLC, to Jean Paul Gatete, 100 Pine St., $365,000.
MONROE
Ronald M. Fredriks to William M. Milka, North Road, $30,000.
Jean E. Poppei and Robert W. Poppei, “aka” Robert E. Poppei, to Charles Miller and Susan Miller, Turner Hill Road, $35,000.
MONTAGUE
Sandra L. Misiun, “aka” Sandra Misiun, to Deborah J. Tuttle, Raymond R. Tuttle and Sarah R. Tuttle, 22 Walnut St., Unit 22, Walnut Street Condominiums, “fka” 904 Walnut St., Unit 904 Walnut St., Condominiums, $222,500.
MONTGOMERY
Leonard Matulewski Jr., representative, Artemisa Yasmin Lozano Romero and Leonard Matulewski, estate, to Yuliya Yunikov, Tekoa Road, Lot 2B, $79,900.
NORTHAMPTON
Sarajane Kostek and Jeffrey Morin, attorney-in-fact, to Leon J. Kostek, 33 Claire Ave., $100.
Deborah K. Bouley, Deborah J. Rich, Donna K. Childs, Donna L. Childs, Diane K. Mariz, Diane Marie Mariz, John A. Kouniotis Jr., Mark A. Kouniotis, Christopher J. Kouniotis, Christopher A. Kouniotis, Lawrence F. Bouley, William R. Childs and Mark Joseph Mariz to Lisa M. Chatterton, 60 Florence Road, $240,000.
Jonathan Schluenz to Amy Bradley and John Bradley, 47 Winslow Ave., $625,000.
Donna Walaszek, personal representative, Richard B. Walsh, estate, and Richard Bernard Walsh, estate, to
Mikah Semon and Emily Shafran, 52 Forest Glen Drive, $351,000.
John Demerski to Kimberly Ann Demerski, 72 Dunphy Drive, $150,000.
Christopher M. Kuipers to Michael S. Dean, 24 Graves Ave., $389,000.
Abraham Shemesh and Avraham Shemesh to James Beadle, 11 Conz St., $900,000.
Laura H. Wallis to Christine Schultz, 59 Laurel Park, $353,500.
Philip C. Thurston to Philip C. Thurston, trustee, and Philip C. Thurston 2025 Trust, 72 Ridgewood Terrace, $100.
Peter O. Zierlein and Dara Herman-Zierlein to Elizabeth Catherine Loula, trustee, Charles Morgan, trustee, Elizabeth Catherine Loula Trust and Charles Morgan Trust, 49 Lyman Road, $1,200,000.
Sheryl A. Malone and Patrick M. Malone to Jasper PriceSlade, 152-154 Federal St., $695,000.
Nu-Way Homes Inc., to Dara Herman-Zierlein and Peter Zierlein, 180 State St., $624,900.
Kristina L. Schoen and Steven R. Schoen to Veronika Romer and Roland Romer, 310 Fairway Village, $366,000.
Jack H. Janssen to Katherine L. Allen, Michael Brezsnyak and Maria Mercedes Canas Reyes, 122 Black Birch Trail, $565,000.
NORTHFIELD
Galen Stearns, trustee of the Lois M. Stearns Trust Agreement, to Susan A. Murray, 746 Millers Falls Road, $375,000.
Donald A. Luckham and Heidi L. Luckham to Brady Ryan Joseph, 179 Main St., $380,000.
Edward H. Foster to Cassandra A. Celatka and Matthew J. Dirocco, 181 School St., $825,000.
Theodore G. Penick to Alexander Roland Audette and Kara Kuntz, 226 Birnam Road, $405,000.
ORANGE
Christopher W. Philipsen and Margaret Jennifer Philipsen, “fka” Margaret Jennifer Drake, to Cathi A. Sykes and E. William Sykes, 104 Old Hickory Road, $493,000.
Pioneer Valley Redevelopers LLC ,as receiver to Pioneer Valley Redevelopers, 89 West Main St., $204,738.87.
Halee L. Mills, “fka” Halee L. Curry, and Kevin Mills to Peter Lindo, Amanda M. Radisic and Michael J. Radisic, 32 Gay St., $445,000.
PALMER
Brian Kellaher to William Serafin and Kayla Serafin, 11 Sibley St., $350,000.
Evergrain Orchard LLC, to Joshua Beaulieu and Kelsey Allen, 227 Boston Road, $300,000.
Melissa L. Petrashewicz and John G. Petrashewicz to Joshua Wildman and Kayla Turowsky, 3207 Main St., $425,000.
PELHAM
Joseph L. Tolson and Susan G. Markman to Ortins Capital Partners Group LLC, 9 Bray Court, $315,000.
RUSSELL
Nicholas E. DeBarge to Casey Becker and Abraham Neylon, 134 Huntington Road, $415,000.
SOUTH HADLEY
Mary L. Falcetti to Kathleen K. Maher, 47 Pine Grove Drive, $353,000.
Karen Remmler to Thomas Radman and Chelsea Wells, 18 Leahey Ave., $430,000.
Kathleen Gadbois, personal representative, Peter C. Connor, personal representative, Peter Connor, personal representative, and Dorothea M. Barry, estate, to Adam K. Boyer, 226 Mosier St., $374,000.
Blaise P. Berthiaume, commissioner, Ethan A. Cain and Sarah J. Peters to Eric Cabezudo-Peters, 10 Hunter Terrace, $315,000.
J. Elizabeth Brewer and Deborah A. Stowell to Andrew J. Lemay, 42 Mountainview St., $391,000.
Patrick J. Nicholls and Laura Cote Nicholls to Briana Rose Shea-O’Connell, Briana Shea-O’Connell and Michael Singleton, 6 Victoria Lane, $354,500.
Lisa M. Laprade, trustee, and De Bastiani Family Trust to Charlotte Wood-Harrington and Andrew Harrington, 120 Mosier St., $502,000.
SOUTHAMPTON
Kristine P. Canton to Matthew
Dufresne and Matthew C. Dufresne, 116 East St., $130,000. Henry Donald Grant Jr., trustee, H. Donald Grant Jr., trustee, Susan T. Grant, trustee, and Grant Family Revocable Trust to Viktor Gorobinskiy and Svetlana Gorobinskiy, 262 College Highway, $489,900.
Christopher Gobillot and Cindy L. Gobillot to Epiphany Enterprises LLC, 16 Miller Ave., $690,000.
Esther D. Clark, trustee, and Esther D. Clark Solo K Trust to Luis A. Rogers and Helen S. Rogers, 9 Cold Spring Road, $500,000.
Cathy D. Truehart, trustee, Richard L. Truehart Jr., trustee, and Cathy D. Truehart Living Trust to Andrew M. Dunn, Abigail A. Dunn, Lori Dunn, and Michael J. Dunn, 50 Pomeroy Meadow Road, $950,000.
SOUTHWICK
Dawn A. Turgeon, representative, and William K. Sanders, estate, to Burhan Holdings One LLC, 5 Crescent Circle, $295,000.
Debra J. Patryn to Jhonatan Escobar Beltran and Erica Escobar, 11 Patriots Way, $547,000.
Elizabeth R. Imelio and Tamrah A. Stepien to Timothy J. Mannion, 62 Davis Road, $420,000.
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Silvergrass Lane, Lot 12, $140,000.
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Silvergrass Lane, Lot 18, $160,000.
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Tall Pines Trail, Lot 26, $160,000.
SPRINGFIELD
Property Management Investers to Nishant Mathur, 23 Leete St., $465,000.
Abdallah Balech to Persida Sanclemente and Leonardo Sanclemente, 361 Newhouse St., $310,000.
Adriana Rivers and Albert Rivers to Joel Urena Rosa and Ana Vargas Rosario, 702 Newbury St., $270,000.
Angel Sierra to Mariela G. Aguilar Servellon, 482-484 Newbury St., $300,000.
Annie Perry to Adriana Rivers and Albert Rivers, 389 Nassau Drive, $182,500.
Calla M. Vassilopoulos to Michael A. McArdle, 97 Ellsworth Ave., $307,000.
A bonus is that many natives are hardier and more drought tolerant than plants we import from other parts of the country or world.
Here are a few native plants you might choose for a summer-to-fall pollinator garden:
• Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), a beautiful orange milkweed that is a host for monarchs;
• Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), which blooms with purple, pink or white blossoms that attract bees;
• Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), which is dependable, drought tolerant and has beautiful bloom;
• Blazing star (Liatris spicata), which sends up a tall stalk that is covered with tiny purple flowers throughout the summer.
Bolen also recommended sources like the Native Plant Trust, Pollinator Partnership, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst for more information on planting pollinator gardens.
Q. Thanks, Beate. Is there anything you’d like to add?
Bolen: The introduction of many nonnative plants and the widespread use of pesticides has dramatically impacted the pollinator populations over the past 30 years. Though those nonnative plants are pretty, they are generally not attractive to the pollinators that evolved here.
We all love our birds, but those birds need insects and seeds to feed their young. As our pollinator populations declined, so have our bird populations. Birds won’t come to a place they can’t feed their young. Pollinators are essential because they facilitate the reproduction of many plants, including many food crops. Without pollinators, a significant portion of the world’s food supply would be jeopardized. Pollinators are a key part of the food web, supporting various other species that rely on plants for food and shelter.
Deeds
Carol A. Lareau to FH Vision Realty Inc., 81 Osborne Terrace, $205,000.
Cedar Green LLC, to Springfield Redevelopment Authority, 11631167 Main St., $700,000.
Cedrick Dennis, representative, Bridgett Kelly, estate, and Bridgett A. Kelly, estate, to Ramona Messier and Joseph Anthony Nelson, 26 Duggan Circle, $252,500.
Chief Dawg LLC, to Ortins Capital Partners Group LLC, 173 Marion St., $240,000.
Chuan Bao He to Ping Weng, 288 Fountain St., $250,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Ezequiel Feliz Charles, 123 Bay St., $60,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Kiara Torres and Gabriel Jose Perez Gomez, 116-118 Westford Ave., $440,000.
Dawn D. Orwat to Jordan E. Orwat and Sara M. Painchaud, 2451 Wilbraham Road, $405,000.
Dennis Meurer Jr., and Keri Meurer to Toney Polite and Tracey Polite, 140 Chestnut St., Unit 308, $94,000.
Domingos M. Barroso and Weston N. Powell to Yolelby Alberto De Vargas Mejia, 45 Kimberly Ave., $405,000.
Doris A. Cotto to Lucas Giusto, trustee, Dominic Santaniello, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, trustee of, 83 Buckingham St., $210,000.
Elisana Rubiera, Elisana R. Deleon Arias and Raymond Rubiera Jr., to Swizel Tevenal Baez, 87 Weaver Road, $295,000.
Emmanuel Maldonado and Yanira Rentas Maldonado to Rafael Junior Solis, 33 Farnsworth St., $275,000.
Gary A. Daula to Savannah Holden, 138 Jeffrey Road, $355,000.
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield to Bretta Construction LLC, 90 Wendover Road, $1,000,000.
Harborone Mortgage LLC, to Danyara Anastacio, 174 Westford Ave., $225,500.
Hedge Hog Industries Corp., to Rainy Gray and Sheri Gray, 86 Princeton St., $269,900.
Ivonne Burgos and Jose Santos to Kelvin G. Rodriguez, 62 Jefferson Ave., $415,000.
J&A Investments LLC, to HR Holdings LLC, 284 Dickinson St., $389,900.
Jeffrey Alicea and Guillermina Eliza Alicea to Jhordy E. Tavarez-Perez and Belkis Perez Azcona, 11 Horace St., $420,000.
JJJ17 LLC, to Scarlet Hiraldo Nolberto and Juan E. Duran Perez, 507
Dickinson St., $470,000.
Joanne M. Barr and Janet C. Pierce to Breahn M. Talbert, 22-24 Eldridge St., $411,500.
JoeJoe Properties LLC, to Sony T. Huu, 416 Allen St., $310,000.
Joel T. Senez and Naomi Sonhae Senez to Natasha Zebrowksi Matos and Jackson Montanez Matos, 17 Garfield St., $500,000.
John Carl Gigliotti to John Balsam, 96 Clement St., $270,000.
Joseph R. Eagan, Joseph R. Landolfi and Gina Rose Stafilarakis to Marisol Aponte and Robert W. Daignault, 124 Newhouse St., $290,000.
Juvil Medina to Judelquis Antolina Cruz Camacho and Yudelkis Gonzalez Cruz, 60-62 Edendale St., $370,000.
Kelley A. Bourcier to Zike Allen Tarzian, 563 Nassau Drive, $190,000.
Lessa A. McKellick and Christopher J. Danio to Carlos Antonio Rivera Jr., and Cruzita Rivera, 616 Cooley St., $327,000.
Mark R. Draymore, trustee, and Draymore 821 Boston Road Realty Trust, trustee of, to DDM Property Springfield LLC, 821 Boston Road, $575,000.
Monica R. Dynak and Jason Dynak to Nadia Pertot, 77 Jamestown Drive, $260,000.
Nancy Smith to Springfield Home Realty LLC, 289-291 Lexington St., $250,000.
Neiman Jenkins and Deziree Jenkins to Jorge Gonzalez and Jazmaryann Brightly-Cruz, 63 Langdon St., $253,608.
Nexius LLC, to Nancy Chan, 127129 Olmsted Drive, $400,000.
Odessa L. Evans-Grant to Sean M. Nai, 12 Castlegate Drive, Unit 12, $237,000.
Pennymac Loan Services LLC, to Pool Boy Properties LLC, 43-45 Pasco Road, $181,285.
Pierre Cruz, Fernando Cruz-Vega and Aracelis Melendez Diaz to Arianna A. Reyes and Christopher A. Vicenty, 166-168 Corthell St., $410,000.
Richard Dietter and Jamie Dietter to Daniel Lamont Edwards, 17 Utica St., $281,000.
Robert W. Tongue Jr., and Elizabeth G. Tongue to Kyle M. Mitchell and Dominique Mitchell, 44 Lyndale St., $291,500.
Rogers W. Hill III, to Manuel Rivera, 65 Fargo St., $185,000.
Serena M. Panzetti, Adriana M. Panzetti and Adriana M. Strycharz to Sean McNamara, 603 Nassau Drive, Unit 603, $240,000.
Timothy S. McLellan, representative, and James S. McLellan, estate, to Roberto Bigio, 14 Gatewood Road, $265,000.
TOLLAND
Frances M. Clark to Frances M. Clark, trustee, and Frances M. Clark Trust, trustee of, 181 Moreau Road, $100.
WALES
Robert G. Sumwalt and Shari M. Sumwalt to Joseph Kotowski and Tammie Kotowski, 6 Henry Road, $120,000.
WARE
David B. Paul and Debra M. Paul to Asher Chicoine and Monica Chicoine, 76 Coffey Hill Road, $425,000.
Cynthia M. Hart, Personal Representative, and Sherry Stockdale, estate, to GJL RNL Nominee Trust and Gwendolyn J. Levine, trustee, 182 Monson Turnpike Road, $227,700.
Kenneth Chatel to Erich Moeller and Devlyn D’Alfonzo, 145 Upper Church St., $498,750.
Sierra Kiablick to Charlies Kiablick, Bondsville Road and Murphy Road, $100.
Sierra Kiablick to Charles R. Kiablick, 6 Murphy Road, $100.
David Matthew Hannus to Jonathan Evans, 10 Campbell Road, $407,500.
Fernando Roxo to Jamil JeanJacques, Greenwich Plains Road, $40,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Janice A. Brids Trust, trustee of, and Janice A. Brids, trustee, to Kathleen D. Cassidy and Paul E. Cassidy, 151 Canterbury Way, Unit 32, $424,900.
Jeffrey B. Croke and Suzanne B. Croke to Jay W. Berger and Kelly Ann Berger, 94 Morton St., $406,000.
Kimberly A. Constance and Richard M. Constance to Courtney Gabinetti, 94 Smyrna St., $315,000.
Lisa M. Morley, trustee, and Joan M. Andresen Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Alison Hansen, 19 Dorwin Drive, $400,000.
Mary F. Combs to MAA Property LLC, 95 Bonnie Brae Drive, $250,000.
WESTFIELD
Alison D. Gustafson and Alison D. Gosselin to Andriy Tymoshchuk, 488 Shaker Road, $310,000.
Bernard Edmunds to Christopher Robert Lavertu and Rebekah E. Lavertu, 115 Mullen Ave., $163,044.
Edward L. Pinney and Stella Pinney to Lauren M. Kleciak, 134 LaPointe
St., $405,000.
Fatih Emekci to Safet Karakus, 549 Russell Road, Unit 12B, $158,000.
Gina Brzoska, Gina Marie Williamson and Scot W. Brzoska to Adrienne Elizabeth Forbes, trustee, and Adrienne Elizabeth Forbes 2024 Trust, trustee of, 26 Hassler St., $380,000.
Jessica M. Flagg, representative, and Robert N. Flagg to JTTIP Realty Trust, trustee of, and Jerald Reinford, trustee, 18 West School St., $80,000.
Justin Torres and Cherry M. Zamora-torres to Kyle W. Stublen, 674 Western Ave., $338,000.
Kara Dominik-Torres to Elizabeth Kenyon and Steven Padilla, 100 Steiger Drive, $385,000.
WESTHAMPTON
Andrew M. Dunn and Abigail Dunn to Henry Wheaton and Margaret Butterfield, 79 Burt Road, $800,000.
WILBRAHAM
2301 Boston Road LLC, to Susan M. Lak, 27 Cherry Drive, $332,000. Cynthia L. Desrosiers and Denis R. Desrosiers to Joaquin Martins and Ana Martins, 2205 Boston Road, Unit H-75, $340,000.
Hector Rivera Jr., and Sheila Rivera to Anthony Giuggio and Kristin Giuggio, 17 Glenn Drive, $550,000.
Howard S. Goldberg and Karen M. Durgin-Goldberg to James O’Connor, trustee, Judi O’Connor , trustee, and O’Connor Family Trust, trustee of, 89 High Pine Circle, $525,000. Janet E. Guyer to Diane M. Bourke and Andrew Bourke Jr., 110 High Pine Circle, $539,000.
Jean C. Arslanian and Jean C. Moffatt to Nathan Roy and Cheril Flete, 4 Shady Lane, $378,000.
Rebecca G. Lawlor, representative, and Jane E. Godfrey, estate, to Anthony John Danos, 787 Ridge Road, $480,000.
Sukhvinder S. Bahal, representative, Bhupinder S. Bahai, estate, and Sukhvinder S. Bahai, representative, to Custom Homes Development Group LLC, 15 Deerfield Drive, $585,000.
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